David Oyelowo is to star alongside Lupita N’yongo in new drama Americanah.
The film is based on the novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and follows a pair of young Nigerian immigrants who face a lifetime of struggle while their relationship endures.
The film counts one Brad Pitt among its producers.
Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet is in talks to play the lead female role in Jobs, the film about Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.
If she takes the role, Winslet will star alongside Michael Fassbender who is expected to star as Jobs. Seth Rogen is due to play Apple co-founder Steve Wozniack.
The film is being directed by Danny Boyle and is written by Aaron Sorkin.
Here’s a great new clip of Dan Stevens hamming it up to promote his role as Sir Lancelot in Night At The Musem: The Secret of the Tomb.
I especially like his comments about his hair.
Enjoy!
A brand new poster and trailer for The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel have been released.
You can see the poster above and I’ve also got my hands on the picture below.
The film stars Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Dev Patel, Celia Imrie, Penelope Wilton, Richard Gere and David Strathairn.
It’s released in the UK on February 26.
Here’s the brand new trailer: http://youtu.be/IQiwpTp5mQ4
The new Shaun The Sheep movie has been selected to screen as part of the Children’s Strand at the Sundance Film Festival in January.
The screening will mark the film’s US debut and it’s rare to see a British animation picked for the festival founded by Robert Redford.
I love the idea of such a British film playing in the snowy depths of Utah to bemused Hollywood execs.
Meanwhile a new poster for the film has been released – as you can see above.
The Shaun the Sheep Movie will be in UK cinemas on February 6.
Maureen Lipman is joining James Dreyfus in the new stage production of Harvey.
The play opens at Birmingham Rep on February 6 before touring the country ahead of a West End transfer.
Lipman will play Veta, who tries to get her brother, Elwood P. Dowd (Dreyfus) committed rather than risk the family’s reputation.
George Clooney is working on a new TV series set at a Hollywood film studio during the 1990s.
Apparently it’s a dark comedy looking at the movie business through the eyes of the studio bosses running the studio.
At the moment Clooney is in talks with various TV networks but I would expect them to jump at the chance to work with the Oscar winner.
Clooney will be producing the show but we don’t know at this stage if he’ll appear in the series.
Are you one of the 47 million people who have watched the trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens?
Well now some of the names of the characters unveiled in the trailer have been revealed.
First of all the little droid seen rolling through shot is called BB-8.
The X-Wing pilot played by Oscar Issac is Poe Dameron. John Boeyga is Finn and Daisy Ridley is Rey. Finally the mysterious figure with the light sabre that sent the Internet into meltdown is Kylo Ren – but we still don’t know who’s playing him/her.
I find it intriguing that we’re not being told Finn or Rey’s surnames…
New Bond movie Spectre has begun filming with the above picture being released by producers.
Anyone else recognise M’s bulldog from Skyfall?
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies finally arrives in cinemas on Friday.
I’ve seen it and it pains me to say it, but I think it’s the weakest of all the Middle-earth films.
The first hour drags until it gets to the battle and then you see why Peter Jackson is an absolute master at action sequences.
And I admit, I spent the final 20 minutes in tears – Martin Freeman, who isn’t on screen that much, is fantastic!
Here’s a clip of Freeman’s Bilbo getting all feisty with Gandalf
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